WARD is ranked as the 49th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 394,044.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 123.58 people named WARD for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 99% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named WARD is
300,101, the rank is 71
and the proportion per 100k Americans named WARD is 94.20.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WARD is
77.8% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
17.8% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WARD have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WARD is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WARD
The state with the most people named
WARD is
California where
34,714 people have this name.
North Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WARD, as
236.85 in every 100,000
North Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
North Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
12,798
99.36
100.0%
Indiana
7,737
117.28
99.9%
Iowa
3,027
97.41
99.9%
Kansas
3,748
129.07
99.9%
Michigan
12,440
125.53
100.0%
Minnesota
4,747
86.98
100.0%
Missouri
6,515
217.59
99.9%
Nebraska
1,721
91.49
99.9%
North Dakota
265
35.89
98.5%
Ohio
16,597
143.15
100.0%
South Dakota
716
83.95
99.7%
Wisconsin
4,976
86.42
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name WARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,131
153.5
99.8%
Arizona
6,701
99.55
99.9%
California
34,714
89.46
100.0%
Colorado
5,612
104.78
99.9%
Hawaii
722
50.89
99.6%
Idaho
3,311
202.54
99.9%
Montana
1,490
145.61
99.9%
Nevada
2,871
101.11
99.9%
New Mexico
2,246
107.68
99.8%
Oregon
5,429
136.73
100.0%
Utah
4,058
137.89
99.9%
Washington
9,424
133.46
100.0%
Wyoming
681
116.53
99.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WARD
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WARD as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WARD.
The most popular full name is James WARD.
2.00% of all the people named WARD
have this given name.
There are 7018 first
names associated with this last name.